[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] cherry676:
Hello Neo-L users. If you have any problem with your Neo-L, you can post it here.. Myself and some other Neo-L users will answer your problems.. Don't create a separate thread..

Before posting anything go through this thread : Phillip Wu's All in One thread for Neo L

Stock ICS experience:

Loads of bloatware from Sony... Couldn't play subway surfers, temple run without lag... Phone was playstation certified but games were so horrible.. I don't know abt all other games over there... Try out Subway Surfers, u will definitely feel horrible for purchasing this phone.. So much lag in opening apps... Internal memory filled for some 90 apps with most of them moved to SD Card... Dreadful experience... I chose NEO L over HTC ONE V... Felt bad for my decision...

Rooting:

This was not much of a hazzle.. Downloaded flashtool... Downloaded MT11i_4.1.A.0.562 kernel... Flashed it... Then went into flashtool... In that there was an option to root... Selected 'Force Emulator'... Rooting done... Flash back stock Neo L kernel..

Unlocking Bootloader:

Unlocked my bootloader by using Sony's Official Method... The kind of frustration I had on this phone, made me careless about warranty and all other ****...

Custom ROMs:

Development was poor for Neo L wen i rooted... Had a rough time in searching for custom ROMs... Well too much to eat ur heads so will cut down the things to simple...

Tigris Kernel : Good for Jelly Sandwich ROM and Paranoid Android ROM.. Wifi gives some issues in Jelly Sandwich.. Has overclocking and governers so its good to use with Stock ROM...

LuPuS Kernel : I love this kernel.. Increases Internal storage to about 600+ MB.. Jelly Sandwich wont work on this.. Paranoid Android also wont work, it will fix to landscape mode... Tried Play JB ROM with this kernel.. Worked well..

NXT Kernel : Jelly Sandwich works perfectly on this(NXT kernel was made for this).. Paranoid Android gives bootloop..

CM9 kernel : Paranoid Android works well only on this.. No bluetooth and wifi issues.. After some days of usage i experienced some force closes of games while using Paranoid Android..

Some Important Note:

1. PA will work well only on CM9 kernel.. In other kernels, it will give a bootloop or it will fix to landscape mode..

2. MIUI has its own kernel and ROM.. But difficulty in Multi-tasking.. Not much free RAM left for gaming... Featurewise it is awesome.. Atleast once you should try MIUI... It is worth it...

3. I am a big fan of Cosmicdan... His turbo kernel v3.1 with turbo UI v4 is running in my phone now... Awesome it is... Featurewise it is similar to MIUI plus gives a lot of space for multi-tasking and gaming... Instead of MIUI, you can go for this... Plus its JB...

4. I have tried to install Xperia Play PA JB ROM in my Neo L with some build.prop editing.. it installed well... but the sensors were not working... all were disabled... It worked fine for three four days... Then suddenly it became slow and gave random reboots... So try PLAY ROMs at ur risk...

5. I have tried porting Neo V ROMs to Neo L.. It didn't work.. Got upto bootlogo and sometimes to startscreen also... Couldn't go further... Porting is a difficult job, needs lot of patience... So respect devs and even those who port roms..

6. Read the thread fully before downloading ROM... You will get to know the issues that others experienced... You need not repent for downloading and finding out the issues urself....

Well, that was my experience with Neo L.. If you have tried any other Kernel-ROM combination and it is suitable for gaming then let me know... Let the new Neo L users have a happy rooting time...:laugh: